Art
Brutalism and Traditional Khmer Design Come Together in Phnom Penh's Hiroshima House
Osamu Ishiyama's structure exemplifies the surprising adaptability of humans in the face of dehumanizing events.
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Trump Budget Calls for End to National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities [UPDATED]
The president's budget proposal for 2018 would do away with the two funding agencies and ramp up military spending by $54 billion.
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Artist Zwelethu Mthethwa Convicted of Murder [UPDATED]
The artist, who has been on trial for the murder of a sex worker named Nokuphila Kumalo for nearly four years, will be sentenced on March 29.
Interview
“Documentary Reporting Has Become So Rigid”: Adam Curtis on Storytelling Today
The journalist and documentary filmmaker discusses his recent film HyperNormalisation and past projects, as well as his plans to make a documentary on the West's relationship with Russia.
Art
Living in Raymond Pettibon’s America
We seem to finally be catching up to what the artist has been saying through his work all along — that things are bad, and they always have been.
Comics
Tips for Watercolor at -25 Degrees
A not-exactly how-to guide.
Books
The Modernist Flourishes of Aging Postwar Architecture
Extra Normal features Serge Fruehauf's photographs from two decades documenting the strange and surreal details of postwar architecture in Europe.
Film
A Sibling's Documentary About His Brother's Mysterious Murder
In Strong Island, Yance Ford lays out the peculiar circumstances that surrounded his brother's murder in 1992, and the void left in its wake.
Books
The Dynamic Brain Drawings of the Father of Modern Neuroscience
A publication from Abrams Books and a traveling exhibit currently at the Weisman Art Museum highlight the medical illustrations of Santiago Ramón y Cajal.
Art
Artists Talk Totalitarianism at LA’s Museum Devoted to the Cold War
On Thursday, the photographer Farrah Karapetian and painter Christopher Wyrick will launch a conversation series at the Wende Museum in Culver City.
Art
An Exhibition Inspired by Walter Benjamin's 'The Arcades Project'
Opening on March 17 at the Jewish Museum, The Arcades: Contemporary Art and Walter Benjamin intends to reflect the sprawling text in both content and form.
Art
MoMA’s Travel Ban Protest Exposes a Legacy of Closeted Modernism
While MoMA has received accolades for its rehang in protest of the so-called Muslim ban, the issue brings up many questions about the work that never gets shown and why.